Improvement in coin-holders



G. N. RAYMOND & G. B. PERKINS.

Coin- Holder.

. Patented Nov. 5, 1878.

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N. PETERS, 'PHOIO-LJTMOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTONv {1C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. RAYMOND AND GEORGE B. PERKINS, OE BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

IMPROVEMENT .IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,585, dated November 5, 1878; application filed April 11, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, GEORGE N. RAYMOND and GEORGE E. PERKINS, of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Money-Holders, of which the following is a specification The invention relates to the construction of a cheap, convenient, and durable receptacle for holding coin, so constructed that the amount and denomination of the contents of the holder can readily be seen.

1 Its construction and operation are as folows:

A, Figure 1, is the holder, partly filled with coin, and constructed of thin metal, or other suitable material possessing sufficient elasticity to allow it to return to its former shape after it has been sprung open to admit the coin. We first take a metal blank of the necessary size and cut notches a a a, &c., in the ends B B. The blank is then bent in a circular form, leaving a space between the edges 1) 1) wide enough to admit the coin. The endsB B are then bent at right angles to the surface of the shell. The notches a a a, 850., will allow the ends B B to be bent to the required form without altering the shape of the shell. The edges of the shell b b are curved outward, as shown at 0 0, thus presenting a smooth surface to the edges of the coin.

A soft pliable shell could be used composed of some non-elastic metal and held in position by a thin elastic spring or band but, as shown at Fig. 2, such a shell would be easily bent out of shape and become useless, while the one as shown at Fig. 1 can be used quite harshly without altering its shape, and forjan indefinite time.

Having described our invention, What We claim is- The open shellA, provided with the notches a a a, flanges B B, and curved lips c c, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE N. RAYMOND.

GEORGE 15. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED B. BEERs, DAVID B. Lo'oKWoon. 

